Though he regularly shoots for publications like W and Harper’s Bazaar U.K., Heck calls himself a fashion outsider — which he considers a strength. “A lot of what is shown in fashion photography today has become so self-referential that everything is starting to look like everything else,” he told the Cut. “Through this magazine and exhibition, I was trying to come up with my own alternative to what has become the contemporary standard.

“I’m primarily interested in shooting people without their faces, because I think as a culture we’ve become obsessed with the face and lose sight of the whole picture,” Heck explained. “When you erase the face, you’re left to focus on all the other elements: color, form, and texture — and no longer focus on who is wearing something, but what is being shown.” Click through the slideshow for a look at Heck’s latest work.